By Azi Paybarah 6/16/09 1:10am

Bloomberg’s Budget Deal: ‘No Major Cut,’ At Least for Now

Michael Bloomberg and the City Council agreed on a $59.4 billion city budget deal that squashes the mayor’s plan to shutter 16 fire companies, maintains current six-day services at libraries, prevents layoffs of child welfare workers, and trims by an unspecified margin the number of layoffs planned for other city workers.

“This is basically, as Read More

By Azi Paybarah 5/14/08 6:34pm

Brooklyn’s Claim to the Fossella Seat

The jockeying to run for Republican Vito Fossella’s suddenly winnable congressional seat has opened a bit of a rift between Brooklyn and Staten Island Democrats.

The seat is mostly in Staten Island, but for years, Democratic elected officials there have taken a pass at challenging Fossella since that would have meant giving up their Read More

By katharinejose 4/25/08 2:49pm

Green Gioia's Gift From Gore

Councilman and candidate for public advocate Eric Gioia, of Queens, held his 35th birthday celebration and “green” campaign kick off at the W Hotel’s Whiskey Bar in Times Square last night. His guest list included Morgan Spurlock, writer and director of Super Size Me (who appeared in an ad recently), and Karenna Gore Schiff, Read More

By Azi Paybarah 8/31/07 3:27pm

Always Election Season for Consultants

This may be a quiet time when it comes to campaigning, but may also be the best time to get a new political company off the ground.

Earlier this month, 26-year-old lobbyist George Fontas founded New Gotham Strategies, LLC. Fontas said his campaign consulting gig will be completely separate from Read More

By Staff 2/13/06 1:44pm

Clarke Staffs Up

[Nicole will largely be the one covering Brooklyn's 11th district congressional race this year. For those of you watching closely, you can email tidbits, releases, literature or anything else to the address at right. Also, full disclosure: she worked for a time for Carl Andrews.]

Roll Call reports that Council Member Yvette Read More